VSAT-based satellite wide area networks

Author

Chang, Jin-Fu ; Lin, Sung-Hui

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

1992

Firstpage

36

Abstract

The performance of very small aperture terminal (VSAT)-based satellite wide area networks is evaluated. VSATs are used as gateways to interconnect local area networks through satellites to form a wide area network. The delay of the network, which is the time needed to send a packet from a station in the source LAN to a station in the destination LAN, is analyzed. Several access protocols are considered for comparison. It is observed through numerical examples that time division multiple access (TDMA) on the uplink and time division multiplexing (TDM) broadcast on the downlink offer the best delay performance

Keywords

satellite ground stations; time division multiple access; time division multiplexing; wide area networks; LAN interconnection; TDM; TDMA; VSAT-based satellite wide area networks; access protocols; downlink; time division multiple access; time division multiplexing; uplink; very small aperture terminal; Access protocols; Apertures; Delay effects; Downlink; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Satellite broadcasting; Time division multiple access; Time division multiplexing; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '92. ''Technology Enabling Tomorrow : Computers, Communications and Automation towards the 21st Century.' 1992 IEEE Region 10 International Conference.

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0849-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1992.271988

Filename

271988